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By Emily Banks Wooten
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A 66-year-old Livingston man is dead following an officer-involved shooting that occurred Sunday night in the 100 block of Pan American Drive in Livingston. The Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Rangers are leading the ongoing investigation.

Preliminary information indicates that officers with the Livingston Police Department and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a man displaying a gun. Upon arrival the individual was located and commanded in both English and Spanish to drop his weapon. The individual pointed the gun at officers and was shot by first responders.

Officers immediately began administering life-saving measures until emergency personnel arrived, transporting the individual to St. Luke's Health - Memorial Hospital in Livingston where he was pronounced dead. The individual was identified as Jose Luis Hernandez.

No additional information is available at this time.

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By Jody Goez
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Sting Ray Anthony will present “Jukebox Rocks” with special guests, “Shake Rattle & Roll” at 7 p.m. March 31 at the Pines Theater in Lufkin. For reservations, call Steve Fountain at 832-312-0074 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Do you remember saddle shoes and poodle skirts? How about jukeboxes and cars with fins? Sting Ray Anthony does–although in the 1950s, he wasn’t even a gleam in his father’s eye yet. But for Trinidad-born, Canada-raised Anthony, it was love at first listen. His mother, as it happens, was a bit more modern than his father who favored the standard-bearers of the previous era, such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. She was into rock and roll.

“When I was around eight or nine, my mom turned me onto the rock and roll stuff,” Anthony said. He then proceeded to buy and listen to every Elvis Presley recording he could. Anthony turned his love of music into a passion for playing. He began playing rock and roll music around town and was doing quite well. Then, the movie La Bamba came out. It was a biopic of the late young California musician who was hitting the charts in the early 1960s with songs that touched a generation, Ritchie Valens. The movie starred Lou Diamond Phillips and changed the course of Anthony’s career.

“I was already out there playing and when the movie came out, people started saying, ‘hey, you look like the guy from La Bamba!’” Anthony said.

With his uncanny resemblance to Lou Diamond Phillips, Anthony literally brings Valens’ music and more back to life. There are cover artists. There are tribute artists. There are even look-alike impersonators. But if you want to see the real thing, there is Sting Ray Anthony and his Jukebox Rocks show. For those who long to relive the 50s and 60s music of their own youth, and those who are discovering it for the first time, Anthony presents a legendary line-up of songs of the era.

“I’ve been very fortunate to help keep Ritchie’s memory alive and play all kinds of rock and roll,” Anthony said. He has been able to meet and work with several performers of the era and help introduce them to a new generation of fans.

“I’ve gotten to play on the biggest stages and befriend my heroes. Just last week I met James Burton (famously known for working with Elvis). I’ve met and played with and befriended just about everyone who played with Elvis and in that era, including Chubby Checker, Bill Medley, Peter Noone, Frankie Avalon, and even Valens’ sister, Connie,” Anthony said.

Along with the vocals of all-girl do-wop band, Shake Rattle & Roll, it promises to be a fun-filled night of rock and roll music. Multi-award-winning international 50s and 60s tribute show group Shake Rattle & Roll will make you stop, drop and roll with laughter as they take you back to a time of innocence with their comedy and hula hooping skills. They will bring back old memories and sing your favorite songs of the past with their beautiful harmony and choreographed moves.

Special guest Colin Dexter will also perform his incredible tribute to Roy Orbison.

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Marleigh Robinson

From Enterprise Staff

Marleigh Robinson has been selected to represent the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas in the 80th annual Tyler County Dogwood Festival in Woodville March 27-April 1. Robinson will join 24 other visiting duchesses from Southeast Texas to participate in a number of events such as a breakfast for duchesses, Jean Fling, Kingsmen’s Ball and the Dogwood Parade in the days leading up to the Dogwood Queen Coronation held the evening of April 1.

Robinson is an 18-year-old senior at Woodville High School. She is the daughter of Valerie Celestine Robinson and the late Curley Robinson of the Reservation. Grandparents are the late Nelson and Vivian Celestine of the Reservation and the late Harry and Florence Robinson of Livingston. She is of the Beaver clan.

She competes on the Woodville Eagles girls’ softball team as pitcher and is an active member of the Alabama-Coushatta Inner Voice Youth Council. She attends the First Texas Indian Baptist Church. Her future plans are to continue her education and major in accounting and real estate. In her spare time, she likes to read, play on her phone and hang out with friends and family. Robinson said her tribe and her people are very important to her and that she is happy to be an active member of the community. She said she appreciates this honor and opportunity to represent the tribe at this annual event and will strive to be a good ambassador for her people.

Robinson’s escort for the Tyler County Dogwood Festival is Tavian Battise, a junior at Big Sandy High School. Battise is the son of Kendi Battise of Livingston and the late Daniel Battise of the Reservation.